Garter



June 5, 1934. H LQBBENBERG 1,962,021

GARTER Filed Aug. 19, 1933 y lzfgj 1715.2

j?? bei? Zw /ms 055612 ery mmwf/@- PatentedJune 5, 1934 x y? UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 1,962,021 GARTER Hans Lobbenberg, Cologne, GermanyApplication August 19, 1933, Serial No. 685,919 In Germany August 20,1932 2 Claims. (Cl. 2111-1) This invention relates to garters and moreinvention and Fig. 2 a longitudinal central secparticularly to garterswhich are fastened by tion through Fig 1. sewing or otherwise to abodice, corset or waist- Referring more particularly to the drawing,belt. Essentially the present garter is of the to the under margin ofthe bodice, corset or kind which consists of a supporting strap orwaist-belt 1 there is fastened by sewing or other- 60 garter properprovided with a series of buttonwise a supporting strap 2 or garterproper which holes arranged in longitudinal direction and a is madeelastic by means of rubber threads two-part gripping device for the hosewith a woven thereinto as usual. The strap 2 is pro-- hook or clippermitting said gripping device to vided along its longitudinalcenter-line with a l be carried by any one of said button-holes toseries of button-holes 3. The lower eyelet mem- 65 adjust the actuallength of the garter according ber 4 forming part of the gripping deviceis to requirement. elastically rigid as a whole and made in the usual Inknown garters oi this kind a gripping deway, for instance, from a pieceof wire bent vice which consists of a ilexible knob or button into theshape as shown while the upper eyelet l5 lmember to be buttoned into aneyelet, the latter member which forms the support for the grip- 0 aswell as the aforementioned hook or clip is ping device is made in theshape of a transverse made from sheet-metal. The practical value ofeyelet 5 of suitable width permitting the strap such an eyelet or clipwhich is made from sheetor garter proper to be drawn therethrough. Themetal by punching is connected with the grave upper eyelet member isconnected with the lower 2) drawback that it is diihcult or evenimpossible eyelet member 4 which member 4 coacts with the 75 to properlyround off or smoethen the edges of button 9 and has a gripping memberfor engagthe sheet-metal punchings or even to remove the ing thestocking at its upper edge, and the upper burr due to the punching bysuilicientlyk cheap and lower eyelets are connected by a sleeve 6 ofmeans or tools of manufacture. For this reason sheet metal bent aroundthe transverse portion punched sheet-metal members will always have 7 ofthe upper member and a transverse portion 80 more or less rough edgesand thus are liable to of the lower member at its upper end. A flexibleinjure the button-holes through which the sheetholding strap 8 is laidin the form of a loop metal hook or clip is forced and also the marginsaround said transverse portion 7, the lower ends and surfaces of thegarter strap which must be of said strap 8 being united with each other3G pulled through the upper eyelet that supports and carrying the button9 which co-operates with 85 the gripping device. The lifetime of thegarter the eyelet 4 for gripping the hose. is thus considerablyshortened, the garter soon The wire body of the upper portion of thebecoming unsighty and unfit for use. transverse upper eyelet 5 whichacts as a sup- According to this invention the drawbacks inport for thegripping device is provided at its herent to known constructions ofgarters are center with a hook-shaped bend 10 having a 99* successfullyavoided by making the projecting narrow neck in proximity to said bendand enmember, such as said hook or clip, which is to larging towardsboth sides to form an eyelet of be buttoned into the button-holes in thegarterhook-shaped conformation, so that it may be strap as well as theeyelet members of the griphooked or buttoned from above into any one of4G ping device from pieces of wire. More particuthe button-holes 3, thuspermitting to connect 95 larly, said hook or clip is formed by a bend atthe gripping device detachably from and adthe middle of the uppertransverse portion of justably with respect to the strap 2 or garter theupper wider eyelet member through which proper. In order to permit thestrap 2 of being the supporting strap or garter proper is: drawn. moreeasily drawn through the upper or sup- `By so constructing the garterthere will be obporting eyelet 5 the body of the hook-shaped tained onlyfully smooth surfaces on the metaleyelet 10, as may be seen from Fig. 2,is prefparts with which said supporting strap and the erably bentsomewhat forward out of the plane button-holes therein come insupporting contact of said upper or supporting eyelet 5 and of the andin rictionally sliding engagement during under or gripper eyelet 4.

wearing the garter, even if the wire-body from I claim: 105 Which the1100K 01' Clip G0 be engaged by the l. A garter consisting of an elasticstrap bll'JOIl-hOleS in Said Strap iS more 01" 1655 pressed adapted tobe secured to a bodice, corset, or the flat. like, said strap havingholes therein spaced In the aCCOmDanYing dlWIlg Fg- 1 iS afI'Ontlongitudinally thereof, an upper eyelet member view of a garterconstructed according to this through which the Strap is threaded, theup- 11.0,

g a transverse portion with tending downwardly thereet member, means forsuseyelet member from the first d hook being relatively narn with thetransverse portion d diverging toward its end, a suspended from the rstmend a button on said flexible ele- With the second mentioned eyeng astocking.

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